Little Malvern Toll House

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This Toll House was built in 1822 at Little Malvern, Worcestershire, on the Upton-on-Severn Turnpike.  Turnpike roads were so called because at the Turnpike, or Toll, Houses the road was blocked by a barrier on which pike-heads were mounted to prevent horses jumping the barrier.  Only when the toll was paid did the tollhouse keeper remove the barrier.  The original building was dismantled some years ago and is now at the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings.  There is a Living Room with range and staircase to the upper floor; rear storeroom with bread oven, brick floor and side entrance; main bedroom and smaller rear bedroom.